Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness

Furness Heating Components Stadium

Craven Park
Location	Duke Street Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria LA14 5UW
Coordinates	54°06′54″N 3°14′7″W / 54.11500°N 3.23528°W / 54.11500; -3.23528Coordinates: 54°06′54″N 3°14′7″W / 54.11500°N 3.23528°W / 54.11500; -3.23528
Capacity	7,600
Surface	Grass
Opened	1931
Tenants
Barrow Raiders

Craven Park is a rugby league stadium in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is the home of Barrow Raiders rugby league team.

Rugby league

Craven Park was built in 1931, largely as a result of the efforts of supporters of Barrow RLFC, 500 of whom volunteered to construct the ground. The total cost of the building project came to £7,500 which was an unbelievable figure in those days.

The stadium was named after Commander G. W. Craven, a local war hero, who had started the appeal fund with a donation of £500. It should not be confused with Craven Park, or Old Craven Park in Hull, other rugby league venues.

In November 2007, the Cumbria rugby league team had their biggest ever win at Craven Park when they beat the United States national rugby league team 70–0.

For the 2010 season the ground was known as the Furness Heating Components Stadium (Craven Park). For the visit of Wigan in the Challenge Cup improvements were made and the capacity is now 7,600 (up from 6,500).

Matches between either Barrow or Cumbria against touring international rugby league sides included:^[1]

Game	Date	Result	Attendance
1	16 September 1933	Australia def. Barrow 24–5	12,221
2	4 December 1937	Barrow def. Australia 12–8	8,153
3	23 October 1948	Australia def. Barrow 11–5	13,143
4	11 September 1952	Australia def. Barrow 26–2	16,045
5	18 October 1956	Australia def. Barrow 25–11	9,988
6	24 October 1959	Barrow def. Australia 12–9	8,488
7	2 September 1963	Australia def. Barrow 18–5	10,130
8	16 November 1967	Barrow drew with Australia 10–10	8,418
9	1 October 1978	Australia def. Cumbria 47–4	5,964
10	15 October 1982	Australia def. Barrow 29–2	6,282
11	21 October 1986	Australia def. Cumbria 48–12	4,233
12	4 November 2007	Cumbria def. United States 70–0	1,028

Greyhound racing

Independent (unaffiliated to a governing body) greyhound racing took place around Craven Park from 1932-1933.^{[2] [3]}

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